Council for Trade in Goods - International Textiles and Clothing Bureau - New Delhi Communiqué - Communication from India

G/C/W/489World Trade Organization G/C/W/489 20 April 2004 (04-1763) Council for Trade in Goods Original: English INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU New Delhi Communiqué The following communication, dated 16 April 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of India, on behalf of the members of the ITCB that are also Members or Observers of the WTO. _______________ INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU Council of Representatives 39th Session New Delhi, India 5-8 April 2004 New Delhi Communiqué Meeting on the eve of the momentous occasion when, in eight months’ time, textile and clothing trade will have been integrated into the same mainstream of multilateral rules and disciplines as any other sector, the ITCB Council of Representatives noted with satisfaction that the 40-year long saga of restrictions on their exports will come to an end. It noted that Canada, European Union and the United States have sinc